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A  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  SCHOLARS. 


JANUARY,  1S27. 


BOSTON  : 

rniNTED    BY    T.   B.  WAIT  &   SON. 

1827. 


REGULATIONS. 


Since  the  publication  of  our  former  catalogue, — to  which  was 
prefixed  some  account  of  the  motives  and  measures,  which  led 
to  the  cstablishmctU  of  the  High  School  for  Girls,  of  the  pro- 
visions then  contemplated  for  its  support,  and  of  the  general 
principles  upon  which  it  was  to  be  conducted, — the  School  Com- 
mittee have  introduced  some  alterations  of  an  important  na- 
ture, into  their  regulations  relating  to  this  institution.  The 
course  of  instruction  in  the  school  has  been  much  abridged, — 
the  qualifications  for  admission  have  been  fixed  at  a  high  stan- 
dard,— and  the  ages  of  candidates  have  been  reduced  to  much 
narrower  limits  than  before.  It  is  owing  to  these  circum- 
stances, especially  the  two  last,  that  so  {ew  scholars  have  been 
examined  and  admitted,  the  present  year;  for  the  Committee 
of  the  school  had  estimated,  from  as  correct  data  as  the  nature 
of  the  case  allowed,  that  there  would  probably  be  more  than 
jfoto"  himdrcd  applications  for  seats.  The  attainments  of  sev- 
eral of  the  candidates,  who  were  rejected,  were  very  creditable 
in  all  the  required  branches,  excepting  Mental  Arithmetic;  in 
this,  all  were  deficient,  in  a  greater  or  less  degree.  A  large 
proportion  of  them  had  never  paid  any  attention  to  the  study; 
and  some  of  those  who  professed  to  be  acquainted  with  it,  merely 
ciphered  wilhoiit  a  slate,  exhibiting  no  acquaintance  with  that  close 
and  perspicuous  method  of  reasoning,  which  constitutes  the  chief 
beauty  and  excellence  of  the  system.  It  is  understood  that  very 
many,  desirous  of  entering  the  school,  were  deterred  from  ofier- 
ing  themselves  for  examination,  by  a  conscious  deficiency  in  this 
branch;  it  having  been  embraced,  but  a  short  time,  in  the  course 
of  instruction  pursued  in  the  Writing  Schools  of  the  city. 

The  following  summary  embraces  those  regulations  of  the 
School  Committee,  whicii  relate  particularly  to  this  school. 

No  scholar  shall  be  admitted  into  the  school,  until  she  shall 
have  attained  tlie  age  of  foioieni  ycarsj  nor  after  she  shall  have 

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attained  the  age  of  sixteen,  or  shall  remain  in  the  school  longer 
than  one  year.  An  exception  is  made  in  favor  of  the  present 
scholars,  who,  having  been  originally  admitted  for  three  years, 
are  permitted  to  remain  until  the  next  annual  exhibition. 

The  requisitions  for  admission  into  the  school,  shall  be  every 
thing  taught  in  the  public  Grammar  and  Writing  schools. 

Candidates  for  admission  shall  be  examined  in  Reading,  Writ- 
ing, Modern  Geography,  and  Colburn's  First  Lessons  in  Arith- 
metic, and  they  shall  be  able  to  parse  fluently  any  English  com- 
position in  prose  or  verse.* 

The  school  shall  be  opened  on  the  second  Monday  of  Decem- 
ber annually.  Candidates  for  admission  shall  be  examined  on 
the  Friday  and  Saturday  preceding  the  first  Monday  of  that 
month. 

From  the  first  Monday  in  April  to  the  first  Monday  in  Octo- 
ber, the  school  shall  be  begun  at  8  a.  m. — and  from  the  first 
Monday  in  October  to  the  first  Monday  in  April,  at  9  a.  m. — 
and  it  shall  be  kept  to  2  p.  m.  through  the  year. 

The  holy-days  and  vacations  allowed  to  the  school,  are,  days 
of  Fast  and  Thanksgiving;  Christmas  day;  the  first  Monday  in 
June;  the  fourth  of  July;  the  days  of  general  trainings;  Election 
week;  Commencement  week;  the  remainder  of  the  week  after 
the  annual  exhibition  of  the  public  schools  for  boys  in  Augu.st; 
and  the  time  between  the  last  Thursday  in  November  and  the 
second  Monday  in  December. 

The  course  of  studies  originally  prescribed,  was  calculated  to 
occupy  three  years;  and  it  has  not  yet  been  revised  to  adapt  it  to 
the  altered  circumstances  of  the  school. 

The  annual  public  exhibition  of  the  school  shall  be  on  the  day 
after  the  public  exhibition  of  the  girls  in  the  several  Grammar 
and  Writing  schools  of  the  city,  to  wit,  on  the  last  Thursday  in 
November,  in  the  forenoon. 

The  direction  which  follows,  is  from  the  general  Regulation.s 
of  the  School  Committee.  "  All  the  masters  shall  be  required 
to  keep  bills  or  books,  which  shall  be  furnished  at  the  pul)li<;  ex- 
pense, and  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  schools,  in  vvhich  they 
shall  record  the  names,  ages,  places  of  residence,  ab.scnccs  and 
tardinesses  of  their  pupils,  and  such  other  particulars  of  their 
conduct,  application,  improvement,  promotion  and  general  char- 

•  U  is  desired  Hint  young  ladies  Iiring  with  Ibcm  a  specimen  of  (heir  writinj:, 
when  they  offer  themselves  for  examination.  And  teachers,  who«e  pupils  may 
make  application  for  admi.-sion  into  the  Hi£;h  School,  are  respectfiillj-  request- 
ed to  furnish  tiicm  with  testimonials,  certifying  that  (hey  have  been  through 
the  course  of  studies  required. 


acter,  as  shall  enable  the  Committees  at  their  visitations  (';n  all 
of  which  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  masters  to  exliibit  the  same 
to  them)  to  form  an  adequate  idea  of  the  state  of  the  schools; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  instructers  frequently  to  remind 
their  pupils  of  the  important  consequences,  which  may  result  to 
them  individually  from  these  perpetual  records." 

To  these  ojficiul  rcgulalmis  of  the  School  Committee,  I  have 
thought  it  might  be  well  to  subjoin,  for  the  information  of  the 
parents  and  friends  of  my  pupils,  a  ^aw  of  the  leading  principles, 
upon  which  the  school  is  governed  and  instructed;  without  in- 
tending, however,  to  go  minutely  into  the  details  of  the  system, 
at  the  present  time. 

The  High  School  for  Girls  is  conducted  on  the  general  plan 
of  monitorial  ©r  mutual  instruction;  but  no  prescribed  system 
has  been  followed.  Indeed,  I  can  no  more  conceive  of  a  set  of 
rules  and  forms  and  a  routine  of  exercises,  of  universal  applica- 
tion in  the  business  of  education,  than  of  a  sovereign  s|)ecific, 
for  the  curing  of  all  the  diseases  that  '' llesh  is  heir  to,"  in  the 
practice  of  medicine.  Such  arrangements  have  been  made,  as 
seemed  best  adapted  to  the  peculiarcircumstancesof  the  school; 
and  they  are,  in  most  respects,  unlike  those  of  any  other  institu- 
tion. In  forming  the  system,  I  have  made  free  use  of  whatever 
information  on  the  subject  I  could  find  in  books,  as  well  as  of  th& 
suggestions  of  my  own  experience  in  teaching.  The  school 
was  regarded,  at  its  commencement,  as  an  experiment;  and  it 
is  not  for  me  to  speak  of  the  result.  But  this  I  may  be  permitted 
to  say,  that  no  pupils  of  mine  have  ever  manifested  a  more  gen- 
erous spirit  in  their  deportment,  or  made  a  greater  proficiency  in 
their  studies,  than  those  now  under  my  care,  notwithstanding 
their  number  is  so  large  for  a  single  instructer. 

It  is  not  pretended  that  the  explanations  and  illustrations  of 
monitors,  are  always  as  thorough  and  happy  as  they  might  be; 
liut  this  evil  may  be  remedied  by  a  judicious  use  of  oral  instruc- 
tion, and  by  frequent  and  regular  reviews  to  the  master.  Up- 
on the  whole,  if  the  monitorial  system  possesses  some  defects, 
— and  what  system  is  perfect  in  every  respect?  -they  are  more 
than  counterbalanced  by  its  commanding  and  salutary  inthiencc 
upon  character,  in  a  moral  and  intellectual  point  of  view, — by  its 
tendency  to  inspire  decision  and  energy  and  thought,  and  to  pro- 
mote habits  of  industry,  a  cheerful  spirit  and  a  correct  deport- 
ment. Here  its  advantages  are  great  and  peculiar.  In  bearing 
this  testimony  in  favor  of  monitorial  instruction, — against  which 


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I  formerly  felt  some  prejudices,  in  spite  of  myself,  although  1  theo- 
retically understood,  as  I  thought,  its  various  advantages  and  de- 
fects,— I  make  no  account  of  the  common  argument  of  economy. 
The  system  of  education  is  to  be  preferred  which  is  best,  not  that 
xvhicii  is  cheapest.  Neither  am  I  influenced  by  motives  of  per- 
sonal ease;  for  my  cares,  confinement  and  labors,  are  vastly 
greater  than  they  have  ever  been  in  any  other  school.  Indepen- 
dently of  all  such  considerations,  I  estimate  the  new  method  with 
reference  to  its  merits  alone, — iis  praclical  influence  upon  mind, 
manners  and  character.  If  it  did  not  enable  a  master  to  teach 
a  single  additional  scholar,  I  should  still  regard  it  as  a  great  and 
invaluable  improvement  in  conducting  the  business  of  education. 

Our  desks  arc  arranged  in  ten  rows  or  sections,  of  twelve  seats 
each,  and  numbered  from  1  to  120, — No.  1,  being  the /o?ct'sf 
desk  in  point  of  honor.  The  school  is  reorganised  once  a  quar- 
ter, when  every  scholar  is  required  to  leave  her  desk  in  good 
order,  or  it  is  repaired  at  her  expense.  The  young  ladies  are 
usually  addressed  by  the  numbers  of  their  seats,  and  not  by  their 
names;  and  this  is  ahcaiis  the  case,  when  they  arc  noted  as  be- 
ing out  of  order.  The  delinquent  thus  escapes  the  mortification 
of  being  exposed  to  the  school;  for  these  numbers  are  so  placed, 
that  they  cannot  be  seen  by  the  scholars  in  their  scats. 

Good  order  is  regarded  as  indispensable,  and  as  much  silence 
is  preserved  in  the  school,  as  the  nature  of  its  varied  and  numer- 
ous operations  will  admit;  but  no  severe  and  unnecessary  re- 
straints are  imposed.  The  scholars  are  allowed  to  consult  their 
own  convenience,  in  preparing  for  their  exercises;  and  an  idler 
is  seldom  seen.  They  arc  also  permitted  to  study  their  own 
happiness  in  their  own  way,  provided  they  neither  disturb  the 
general  order,  nor  encroach  upon  the  rights  of  their  neighbors, 
— to  do  any  thing,  openlij  and  without  disgnise,  not  inconsistent 
with  a  lady-like  deportment;  and  it  is  seldom  any  one  so  far  for- 
gets the  respect  siie  owes  to  her  own  character,  as  to  be  guilty 
of  disorderly  and  improper  conduct.  Of  all  offences,  an  attenqit 
at  conceahnent  and  a  manifestation  of  disingcnuousness,  even  in 
an  innocent  matter,  would  receive  the  most  marked  and  severe 
censure. 

The  health  and  comfort  of  the  scholars,  are  carefully  regard- 
ed. They  are  not  of(en  confined  to  the  same  position,  either 
in  their  seats  or  on  the  floor,  for  a  longer  period  than  twenty  or 
thirty  minutes;  and  their  evolutions  arc  so  directed  as  to  unite 
exercise  and  (trder.  Hy  the  present  construction  of  the  rooms, 
only  half  of  the  school  can  conveniently  recite  togetlicr:  this  is 


to  be  icgrcUctl,  as  much  time  might  be  saved  daily, by  u  diflercnt 
arraiigement. 

ISo  medals  or  pecuniary  rewards  arc  given;  and  no  means  are 
used  for  promoting  punctuality  and  exciting  emulation,  but  svicli 
as  arc  congenial  to  the  legitimate  objects  of  a  school.  If  such 
means  are  sutlicient  to  produce  the  desired  efiect,  it  would  seem 
worse  than  useless  to  appeal  to  mercenary  motives;  and  that 
they  are  so,  is  abundantly  proved  by  the  regular  attendance  of 
the  scholars,  and  by  the  fact,  that  longer  lessons  and  extra-ex- 
ercises arc  requested  almost  daily, — shorter  lessons,  very  sel- 
dom, and  without  good  reasons,  never.  Their  exercises  arc  all 
volwitarij,  as  far  as  practicable;  and  they  are  assigned,  in  a  great 
measure,  by  those  who  are  to  perform  them.  However,  if  a 
lesson  has  been  badly  recited,  the  scholars  are  not  consulted 
by  their  teacher  in  assigning  the  next;  but  if  none  of  the  mem- 
bers of  a  section  have  iailed,  they  have"  a  right  to  demand  as 
long  a  lesson  as  they  please,  for  the  next  exercise  of  the  same 
kind . 

The  government  of  the  school  is  vested  in  a  set  of  books,  ia 
which  is  recorded  an  accurate  and  minute  account  of  every 
scholar's  performances,  deportment,  absence  and  tardiness;  and 
at  the  end  of  each  quarter,  she  is  advanced  to  a  higher,  or  de- 
graded to  a  lower,  section  or  seat,  as  tiiis  record  shall  appear  in 
her  favor  or  against  her.  The  whole  business  is  regulated  by 
fixed  principles,  that  are  well  understood;  and  every  individual 
is,  literally  speaking,  the  artilicev  of  her  own  rank,  which  is  af- 
fected by  every  exercise  she  performs,  and  by  every  error  she 
commits,  either  in  recitation  or  conduct.  Every  thing  depends 
upon  numerical  calculation  ;  and,  were  it  expedient,  the  school 
might  be  classed  by  the  scholars  themselves. 

A  Credit  is  given  to  every  member  of  the  school,  for  each 
regular  recitation,  which  is  performed  in  a  correct  and  satisfac- 
tory manner. 

A  Check  is  given  to  such  as  fail  in  their   lessons.     Thus,  iu 

every  recitation,  each   pupil  receives  either  a  check  or  a  credit. 

Merits  are   awarded  for   correct  and   orderly  deportment,  for 

excellence  in  the  unusual  exercises  of  school,  and  for  voluntary 

labors. 

The  mark's  which  indicate  violations  of  order  and  improper 
conduct,  lor  the  want  of  a  better  name,  are  called  Misdemeanors. 
For  the  more  common  instances  of  misconduct,  only  one  is  given, 
but  for  higher  oliences,  such  as  disrespect  to  jl  teacher  or  mon- 
itor, the  number  would  be  griuluated  bv  the  circumstances  ol' 
the  case. 


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Forfeits  arc  incurred  by  neglecting  to  attend  to  required  ex- 
ercises, at  the  proper  time,  and  in  a  proper  manner,  by  making 
appeals  without  sufBcient  grounds,  and  by  slight  irregularities 
of  conduct. 

In  making  the  quarterly  records  of  the  school,  by  which  the 
rank  of  the  scholars  is  determined,  every  check  cancels  one 
credit,  or  two  merits,  and  every  misdemeanor,  five  merits. 
These  principles  were  discussed  and  settled  by  a  large  commit- 
tee of  the  scholars  themselves.  The  forfeits  are  not  entered 
upon  the  records,  but  kept  on  the  bills  until  they  are  redeemed 
by  an  equal  number  of  merits. 

Various  classes  of  agents  are  employed  in  the  government, 
instruction  and  general  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  school, 
to  each  of  v.hich  are  assigned  specific  duties. 

The  Head  Monitor  holds  the  highest  and  most  responsible  sit- 
uation. She  has  the  general  superintendence  of  the  school, 
and,  in  the  absence  of  the  Principal,  she  supplies  his  place. 
The  Monitor  of  Attendance,  and  the  Monitor  of  Dictation,  in  ad- 
dition to  their  own  proper  duties,  act  as  assistants  to  the  head 
monitor.  Their  authority  extends  over  the  whole  school,  and 
they  are  selected  to  fill  their  respective  places,  as  marks  of  dis- 
tinguished and  general  merit.  They  occupy  an  elevated  desk, 
which  commands  a  view  of  the  other  scholars. 

The  Monitors  of  Sections,  as  such,  are  not  employed  in  the  in- 
struction of  the  school;  but  their  duties  are  nevertheless  import- 
ent.  Each  one  has  the  superintendence  of  the  section  next  below 
her;  in  which  if  she  observe  any  disorder,  it  is  her  duty  to  re- 
port it  to  the  head  monitor,  without  delay.  I  would  here  remark, 
tliat  spies  and  informers,  receive  no  encouragement  in  the  school. 
All  complaints,  to  be  regarded,  must  be  made  in  an  official  form, 
and  by  those  whose  didy  it  is  to  make  them.  These  monitors 
also  keep  class-bills  of  their  respective  sections,  in  which  they  re- 
cord the  results  of  their  recitations,  and  report  them  to  the  head 
monitor,  weekly,  to  be  entered  in  her  Journal.*  In  selecting 
the  monitors  of  sections  and  their  Assistants,  who  perform  the 
duties  of  the  monitors,  in  their  absence,  I  pay  no  regard  to 
scholarship,  unless  it  is  connected  with  ingenuousness,  an  ob- 
servance of  order  and  an  amiable  and  lady-like  deportment;  as  a 
reward  for  which  high  qualifications,  if  I  should  not  rather  say 
cardinal  virtues,  these  aj)pointmonts  are  exclusively  reserved. 

The  Examimra  pass  through  their  respective  sections,  every 
morning,  to  attend  to  such  voluntary  exercises  as  rnay  be  offer- 
ed; and,  under  certain  limitation.'^,  to  award  the  merits  they  may 
deserve.     They  keep  the   bills  of  merits  and  forfeits,  as  do  the 


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monitors,  those  of  credits  and  checks;  and,  like  thcin,  they  make 
weekly  reports  to  the  head  monitor. 

In  selecting  the  Teachers,  particular  attention  is  paid  to  their 
attainments  in  the  several  branches,  in  which  they  arc  to  give 
instruction,  and  their  aptness  lor  the  business.  Jn  those  studies, 
however,  which  require  litile  more  in  the  teacher,  than  to  hear  a 
7'ecitation,  the  reverse  of  this  rule  is  sonietimes  adopted,  by  a  se- 
lection of  such  as  will  be  the  most  benefited  by  reviewing  what  they 
liave  already  learned.  No  teacher,  ordinaiily,  hears  the  same 
section  in  two  branches;  and  no  one  is  required  to  hear  another 
class,  while  her  own  is  reciting.  The  scholars  are  encouraged 
to  detect  the  errors  of  their  teachers  and  of  each  other:  this 
secures  their  undivided  attention  to  the  exercise  before  them, 
makes  the  teacher  careful  in  the  discharge  of  her  duty,  and 
brings  to  her  assistance  all  the  knowledge  of  her  pupils.  An 
account  of  the  recitation  is  entered  on  a  slate,  provided  for  the 
purpose,  and  read  to  the  class,  that  the  errors,  if  any,  may  be 
corrected  at  the  time.  It  is  then  transferred  to  the  bill  of  the 
proper  monitor.  The  teachers  are  held  responsible  for  the  order 
of  their  respective  classes,  from  the  time  they  leave  their  seats 
till   they  return  to  them  again. 

The  Messengers  are  the  highest  scholars  in  their  several  sec- 
tions. Through  them  are  made  all  communications  to  and  ironi 
the  Principal,  while  their  classes  are  reciting  ;  and  by  Iheir 
agency  much  disorder  and  delay  are  prevented.  To  illustrate 
the  nature  of  their  duties,  suppose  a  scholar  does  not  give  a 
prompt  and  satisfactory  answer  to  a  question  proposed;  her  teach- 
er says  ^  check!''  Should  she  think  the  question  not  an  imrortant 
one,  or  that  her  answer  was  sufficiently  accurate, — as  tiiey  arc 
encouraged  in  the  use  of  their  own  words,  instead  of  these  of 
their  books, — her  reply  is  '  appealP  The  messenger  then  brings 
the  case  before  the  instructor  for  his  consideration,  stating  ail 
the  circumstances,  except  the  name  of  the  individual.  This  i-; 
done  in  writing,  when  it  can  be  with  convenience.  The  checlv 
is  continued  oV  removed,  according  to  the  decision  given. 

As  there  is  but  one  instructor,  it  seemed  necessary  that  pro- 
vision should  be  made  for  the  school  to  go  on  without  liis  bein^r 
present.  So  far  as  order  is  concerned,  tliis  has  been  eifectually 
done,  by  vesting  the  government  in  books  of  record  ;  and  the 
past  head  monitors  are  constituted  a  Board  of  Appeal  y  whenever 
the  master  IS  detained  from  school,  by  sickness  or  any  other  cas- 
ualty. 

The  only  penalty  for  absence,  is,  that  scholars  obtain  neither 
credit  nor  merit  marks:  and    for  fho   pinin  rrn*^nn.  thnt   tli"y  dr> 


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nothing  to  earn  thcni.  Excuses  for  absence  are  not  now  re- 
(luired;  and  yet  the  attendance  is  highly  gratiiying,  even  in  the 
most  inclement  \veathe«-. 

From  this  account, — too  brief  I  fear  to  be  distinct,  although 
much  longer  than  was  contemplated, — the  operations  of  the 
school  may  appear  complicated  and  confused.  But  nothmg 
could  be  farther  from  the  truth.  All  understand  their  duties,  be- 
cause they  are  precisely  defined;  and  the  parts  are  so  adjusted, 
that  there  is  no  jarring,  or  crossing  each  other. 

It  may  be  supposed,  too,  that  the  business  of  the  records 
must  be  cumbrous  and  unwieldy,  and  occupy  a  large  share  of 
the  time  both  of  the  master  and  many  of  the  scholars;  and  yet 
a  stranger  might  spend  days  in  the  room  and  know  nothing  of 
the  matter,  unl(\?s  it  were  pointed  out  to  him.  The  work  is  so 
distributed  and  arranged,  that  no  one  has  much  to  do,  in  this 
department,  except  the  head  mor!itor,who  requires  an  hour,  per- 
haps, on  Saturday,  to  make  up  her  journal  for  the  week.  The 
system  is  so  compact,  that  a  single  quire  of  paper  will  serve  as 
a  waste-book  for  the  whole  school,  in  which  all  the  facts  are 
entered  in  detail,  for  almost  three  years;  and  in  the  permanent 
Record,  which  is  kept  by  the  master,  four  lines  give  the  ^A  hole 
history  of  a  scholar's  progress,  even  to  the  minutest  facts,  for 
a  year. 

It  may  be  asked,  what  security  we  have  that  these  various 
agents  perform  tiieir  respective  duties,  with  fidelity  and  impartial- 
ity? it  might  be  sufficient  to  answer,  the  same  security  which  we 
have  that  any  person  will  pertbrm  his  duty,  in  any  situation;  for  I 
am  yet  to  learn  that  the  young,  with  their  glowing  and  generous 
feelings,  are  less  ingenuous,  less  liable  to  be  governed  by  senti- 
ments of  justice  and  principles  of  integrity,  and  less  tenderly  alive 
to  all  the  sweet  influences  of  truth  and  honor  and  honesty,  than 
they  whose  judgements  may  be  more  mature,  but  who  have  been 
longer  hackneyed  in  the  crooked  ways  of  the  world.  Let  the 
moral  sense  l)e  properly  cultivated, — let  scholars  learn  to  respect 
themselves,  by  seeing  that  they  are  respected  by  others, — let 
a  prudent  and  generous  confidence  reposed  in  their  integrity, 
prompt  them  to  an  exact  and  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties, 
and  there  is  little  to  be  apprehended  on  the  side  of  injustice,  or 
from  the  abuse  of  power. 

But  all  the  rneani?,  which  circumstances  allow,  are  used  to 
prevent  even  '  (he  appearance  of  evil.'  Kvery  award,  either  of 
merit  or  censure,  must  be  made  opciilij,  and  in  the  presence  of 
all  interested,  that  if  any  error  is  committed,  or  injustice  done, 


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it  may  be  at  once  corrected.  An  appeal  from  the  decision  of  a 
monitor  or  teacher,  may  at  all  times  be  made  to  the  Priiicipal, 
for  which  a  nniform  and  easy  course  is  prescribed.  Indeed, 
appeals  have  been  made  to  the  desk,  and  not  unfreijucntlv  with 
success,  against  decisions  of  the  master  himself,  when  acting  in 
the  capacity  of  a  monitor  or  teacher.  In  a  word,  such  is  the 
system  of  checks  established,  to  detect  all  violations  of  the  rules 
of  the  school  and  to  secure  equity  and  good  order,  that  no  indi- 
vidual can  suffer  injustice  to  be  done  to  herself,  or  partiality  to 
be  shown  to  another,  but  through  her  own  negligence  or  fault. 
To  be  sure  that  the  teachers  do  their  duty  faithfully,  I  regu- 
larly review  the  scholars  in  all  their  studies.  The  books  of  the 
school  are  divided  into  proper  and  convenient  stages;  and  a  sec- 
tion cannot  go  forward  to  a  new  stage,  before  they  have  passed  a 
thorough  and  critical  examination  in  the  last.  In  this  way,  I  event- 
ually attend  to  all  the  studies  of  the  school  in  person.  The  sal- 
utary influence  of  these  reviews,  both  upon  the  teachers  and 
their  pupils,  will  be  readily  conceived.  The  pupils,  on  their 
part,  are  anxious  to  go  on  fast,  that  the  lower  sections  may  not 
pass  by  them;  and  the  teachers  are  as  anxious  that  they  should 
go  on  loell,  that  they  may  not  incur  the  mortification  which  must 
result  from  an  unsatisfactory  review. 

E.  BAILEY. 


PLAN    OF    THE    RECORD    BOOK. 


Names. 

Quarters. 

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Remarks. 

A.  B. 

January. 
April. 

July- 
October. 

CD. 

January. 
April. 
July. 
October. 

E.  F. 

January, 
April. 

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Nolt.  The  names  are  arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  The  matter  for  llie 
Piecord,  is  furnished  by  (he  Journal  of  tlin  head  monitor,  and  (he  rrjonitor  ^^ 
attendance. 


MONITORS. 

FOR    THE    YEAR     1826. 


TIRST  QUARTER. 

Jeanette  Howard,  Head  Monitor. 

Em?ia  R.  W.  Gerry,  Monitor  of  Attendance. 

SECOND  QUARTER. 

Mary  E.  Frothingham,  Head  Monitor. 
Sarah  L.  Drew,  Monitor  of  Attendance. 
Eleanor  A.  T.  Fitzpatric,  Monitor  of  Dictation. 

THIRD  QUARTER. 

Sarah  Kurtz,  Head  Monitor. 

Eliza  Sargent,  Monitor  of  Attendance. 

Hannah  M.  Curtis,  Monitor  of  Dictation. 

FOURTH  QUARTER. 

Maria  Goodwin,  Head  Monitor. 
Lyuia  Towne,  Monitor  of  Attendance. 
Catharine  M.  P.  Lewis,  Monitor  of  Dictation. 


CATALOGUE. 


J^ames. 

Residence, 

SchooU. 

Sarah  G.  Badger, 

Milk  street, 

Private. 

Abigail  F.  Baldwin, 

Marshall, 

Mayhew. 

Eliza  B.  Bancroft, 

Hollis, 

Private. 

Frances  K.  Barker, 

Washington, 

Adams. 

Harriet  W.  Barker, 

George, 

Private. 

Elizabeth  J.  Baxter, 

Common, 

Franklin. 

Louisa  Blanchard, 

Sumner, 

Bowdoin. 

Sarah  Blaney, 

Charles, 

Bowdoin. 

Sarah  A.  Bliss, 

Sea, 

Adams. 

Susan  VV.  Braman, 

Boylston, 

Adams. 

Susan  V.  Briggs, 

Leverett  place, 

Bowdoin. 

Lucy  Brigham, 

Elm  street, 

Private. 

Ann  F.  Brown, 

Franklin, 

Bowdoin. 

Ann  W.  Brown, 

Eliot, 

Private. 

Ann  M.  Bryant, 

School, 

Bowdoin. 

Martha  Callender, 

Kingston, 

Private. 

Jane  C.  Childs, 

Spring, 

Bowdoin. 

Lydia  A.  Clougb, 

Hanover, 

Eliot. 

Arria  Coffin, 

Essex, 

Private. 

Mary  A.  Collier, 

Federal, 

Private. 

Margaretta  Cotton, 

South, 

Private. 

Hannah  M.  Curtis, 

Washington, 

Private. 

Matilda  C.  Curtis, 

Washington, 

Private. 

Deborah  Cutler, 

Common, 

Franklin. 

Catharine  S.  Davis, 

Orange  court. 

Private. 

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JVames. 
Mary  F.  Dean, 
Maria  L.  Del  Noce, 
Sarah  L.  Drew, 
Caroline  M.  Dyer, 

Mary  E.  Ellison, 
Almira  Lmery, 

Antoinette  Fairbanks, 
Catharine  S,  Farmer, 
Matilda  Fenno, 
Elizabeth  Field, 
E.  A.  T.  Fitzpatric, 
Sarah  C.  Forbes, 
Sarah  M.  Ford, 
Mary  E.  Frothingham, 
Harriet  Frothingham, 

Sarah  D.  C   Gamage, 
Emma  R.  W.  Gerry, 
Elizabeth  A.  Gilbert, 
Clarissa  Gillrnore, 
Rebecca  P.  Goodale, 
Maria  Goodwin, 
Emily  N.  Gray, 
Catharine  W.  Gridley, 

Rebecca  Hadley, 
Mary  P.  Hale, 
Mary  C.  Hall, 
Mary  J.  Hammatt, 
Elizabeth  Hammond, 
Susan  P.  Haskell, 
Harriet  A.  Henderson, 
Mary  B.  Hewcs, 
Mary  A.  Flichborn, 
Almira  A.  Horton, 
Jeanettc  Howard, 
Mary  J.  How, 


Residence. 

Schools. 

North  Allen  street. 

Private. 

Court, 

Private. 

Friend, 

Adams. 

North  Allen, 

Bowdoin, 

Court, 

Bovvdoin. 

Nassau, 

Private. 

Pleasant, 

Franklin. 

Hawkins, 

Private. 

Congress, 

Private. 

Purchase, 

Boylston. 

Theatre  alley, 

Boylston 

Salem  street, 

Mayhew. 

Leverett, 

Eliot. 

Beach, 

Private. 

Beach, 

Private. 

Washington, 

Franklin. 

Hancock, 

BoyUton. 

Richmond, 

Private. 

Poplar, 

Bowdoin. 

South  Boston, 

Franklin. 

Pearl  street, 

Private. 

Gouch, 

Bowdoin. 

Lowell  place, 

Adams. 

Charles  street, 

Mayhew. 

Berry, 

Private. 

Hanover, 

Hancock. 

Charter, 

Eliot. 

Pitts, 

Private. 

Boylston, 

Private. 

Hawkins, 

Private. 

Oliver  place, 

Private. 

North  square, 

Bowdoin. 

AViisliington  street, 

Private. 

\Vashington, 

Adams. 

Milk, 

Private. 

15 


J^'ames. 
Saralj  1 .  Jackson, 
Mary  11  Jolioiiuot, 
Liiz.tbelii  June:?, 

Sarali  A.  Kent, 
Cciioliiie  F.  Kettell, 
CHioliiie  ii.  Kuliii, 
barali  Ivurlz, 


Residence. 
Spring, 
Piiickijey, 
Saleu), 

Soutli  Bostuii, 
Buifinch  street, 
Cambridge, 
Warren, 


Schools. 
Private. 
Private. 
Eliot. 

Hawes. 

Private. 
Private. 
Franklin. 


Su^aii  R.  LasI),  Lynn, 

Caroline  A.  Lerovv,         Snow-hill, 
Caihariiie  M.  P.  Lewis, Warren, 
Elizabetli  v.  Loring,       Cuok  court, 
A;in  M.  Luring,  Pinckney  street, 

Margaret  D.  Loring,        Pinckney, 


Ciiarlotle  Mears, 
Eliza  A   Mi.'llus, 
Hannah  E.  Moore, 
Saraii  E.  Murphy, 

Martha  G.  Nason, 
Joanna  C.  Nichols, 


School, 
Eliot, 

Washington, 
Federal, 

Pleasant, 
Williams, 


Sarah  M.  Parker,  Somerset, 

Joanna  L.  Partridge,  Washington, 

Louisa  C.  Payhon,  Washington, 

Ann  T.  Perkins,  Leverelt, 

Mary  E.  Pierpont,  Beach, 

Maria  C.  Plamlioeck,  Essex, 

Philinda  G.  Prouty,  Poplar, 


Adeline  Q,uincy, 


South, 


Eliot. 

Private, 

Adams. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 
Private. 
Private. 
Boylston. 

Adams. 
Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Buwdoin. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 

Private. 


Ellen  A.  Reed, 

Morton  place. 

Private. 

Emily  Ueed, 

Fleet  street. 

Hancock 

Mary  E.  Rhoades, 

Ann, 

Eliot. 

Sarah  R.  Rice, 

North  Allen, 

Private. 

Cordelia  Richards, 

Federal, 

Private. 

16 


J/ames. 
Frances  M.  Robinson, 
Mary  S,  Robinson, 
Elizabeth  Ross, 
Lydia  C.  Roulstone, 

Eliza  Sargent, 
Frances  A.  Seymour, 
Sarah  E.  Smith, 
Lucy  C.  Smith, 
Cordelia  M,  Stevens, 
Mary  S.  Stoddard, 
Matilda  Sumner, 

Rebecca  A.  Thayer, 
Frances  A.  Tisdale, 
Lydia  Towne, 
Elizabeth  S.  Towne, 

Helen  E.  Vans, 
Sarah  H.  V^aughan, 
Charlotte  C.  Vose, 
Caroline  D.  Vose, 

Ellen  M.  T.  Wallis, 
Caroline  M.  Webb, 
Betsey  W.  Weld, 
Caroline.  A.  Wells, 
Silence  J.  Wentwortb, 
Helen  A.  Whitney, 
Mary  S.  Whitney, 
Elzabeth  J.  Whitney, 
Helen  M.  Wilder, 
Elizabeth  Williams, 


Residence, 

Schools. 

North  Allen, 

Bowdoin. 

North  Allen, 

Bovvdoin. 

Fayette  court, 

Adams. 

Common  street, 

Private. 

Salera, 

Eliot. 

Washington, 

Private. 

Leverett  place. 

May  hew. 

Sister  street. 

Boylsion. 

Washington, 

Franklin. 

Garden, 

Bowdoin. 

Hancock, 

Private. 

Atkinson, 

Franklin. 

Federal, 

Private. 

Orange  place, 

Franklin. 

Orange, 

Franklin. 

Washington  street. 

Franklin. 

Court, 

Private. 

May, 

Private. 

West, 

Private. 

Poplar, 

Bowdoin, 

Hanover, 

Private. 

Washington, 

Private. 

Salem, 

Hancock. 

Federal  Court, 

Hancock. 

Purchase  street. 

Private. 

Purchase, 

Private. 

Hawkins, 

Private. 

Hanover, 

Eliot. 

Lynn, 

Hancock. 

T 

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